Chris Mullin, MP, Chair, Home Affairs Select Committee, House of Commons, London. SW1A 0AA 2-March-1998 Dear Chris, I am writing on behalf of OutRage! to formally request the Home Affairs Select Committee to prioritise a report on legal discrimination against lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. This is the fourth request we have made to the … Report on Legal Discrimination against Lesbians and Gay Men
The Chancellor, Bundeskanzleramt, D-53106 Bonn, Germany. 20-October-1997 I am writing on behalf of OutRage! –the campaign for lesbian, gay and bisexual human rights– concerning the persecution of homosexuals during the Nazi era and the subsequent mistreatment of gay holocaust survivors by the German authorities. We are shocked that the German government still refuses to compensate … Letter to Bundeskanzler Helmut Kohl
Research shows that most homophobes are repressed homosexuals The notoriously homophobic President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, is being invited to take an erotic arousal test, to dispel suggestions that his antigay attitudes could be evidence of repressed homosexuality. Mugabe is arriving in Britain to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Edinburgh, from 24-27 … Robert Mugabe challenged to ‘take the test’
Letter from the Department for Education and Employment Thank you for your letter … regarding sex education for young gay people in schools. Well planned and effectively presented sex education is vital. Young people need to gain the skills and understanding necessary to take responsible decisions about their personal and sexual behaviour. Although the responsibility … Section 28 and sex education
Dear OutRage!, As promised The Pride Trust has read and considered your open letter. Despite the emotive phrases “dumbing down” and “de-gaying Pride”, to which we take particular offence, we believe your general comments to be constructive. With performers it is nigh impossible to insist that they make a political statement prior to their set. … Response from the Pride Trust
Letter to OutRage! from Association of Flight Attendants ASSOCIATION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AFL-CIO United Airlines Cargo Centre, Shoreham Road East, Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 3RD United Kingdom. As the elected union representative of 900 cabin crew working for United Air Lines at Heathrow, I would like to offer thanks to you and OutRage! for your … Union support for “Boycott United” campaign
While we are immensely appreciative of the work done by the staff and volunteers of the Pride Trust, we are dismayed by the recent trend to dumb-down and de-gay Pride. Each year’s Pride events should have a different, concrete human rights theme, such as “Equal Age of Consent”, “Partnership Recognition”, “Equality at Work”, and “Parenting … An Open Letter to the Pride Trust
The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, MP, Prime Minister, 10, Downing Street, London SW1 Dear Mr. Blair, Lesbian & Gay Rights The following message was read by Chris Smith on your behalf at ‘Pride’ at the beginning of this month. “The New Labour Government wants to build a New Britain, free from discrimination. I want to … Letter to Tony Blair – after 3 months in office
Letter to Tony Blair on assuming office The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, MP, Prime Minister, 10, Downing Street, London SW1 Dear Mr. Blair, Greetings, and congratulations on Labour’s election victory and on your appointment as Prime Minister. While we appreciate that you have many important social problems to deal with, we hope your government will … OutRage! agenda for gay law reform
We wish to thank the staff and volunteers of the Pride Trust for their efforts in staging Pride ’96. Organising this event is often a thankless task, which is difficult to get right, even with the best will in the world. No one who undertakes to organise Pride could possibly produce a perfect event acceptable … Open Letter from OutRage! to the Pride Trust